Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-03-17
THE STATE TEXT BOOKS.
The Plan Adopted for Their Distribute
by the Law just Passed.

The Plan Adopted for Their Distribution
by the Law just Passed.
The Governor has approved Senate Bill
No. 426, which provides for the sale and
distribution of the State series of school
textbooks. Nearly every family in the
State is interested, and we give below the
method redistribution as provided in the
bill:
All orders for textbooks shall be made on the
Superintendent of Public Instruction, and shall
be accompanied by cash, in payment Tor the
same, at the price fixed by the State Board of
Education as the cost price at Sacramento; pro-
uided, that If the books are to be shipped by
mail, the cost OF postage shall also accompany
the order. The following persons shall be en-
titled TO order books:
l. County Superintendents of Schools, for the
use of teachers, parents and pupils in their
counties only.
?. Principals of State Normal Schools for their
own and for the use of the pupils i'll their re-
spectiYe schools only.
8. The Secretary or Clerk of any school dis
trict in the State, whether incorporated or
operating under the general law OF the State
for the use of the pupils in such district only !;
but no books ordered by the County Superin-
tendents, or Clerks of district Boards of Trus-
tees. or Principals of State Normal Schools shall
be sold at a price exceeding the cost price ut
Sacramento, with the actual cost of freight and
carriage added.
4. Any retail dealer who shall first transmit
to the State Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton an affidavit duly subscribed by him in sub
stance as follows, to wit
- In consideration of receiving for sale, upon
the inclosed or upon any future order the series
of school textbooks, or any part thereof, pub
lished by the State of California, hereby agree
that will not sell the same to any person or
persons for the purpose of being sold again. or
TO any person or persons beyond the limits of
the State n (,nlifOrpio and that 7 will coll
said series of textbooks, or any part or portion
thereof, at price exceeding the price to the
pupil fixed by the State Board of Education"
Said affidavit shall be Endorsed by the County
Superintendent in the following words viz:
q hereby certify that A. B. is a regular retail
dealer in school books in this county.
sc D., County Superintendent"
1t shall be the duty of the State Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction to furnish at once to
each County Superintendent, for the use of any
dealer in his county who may apply for per
mission to sell the books of the State series,
printed copies of the above affidavit together
with the list of prices of such books fixed the
cost price at Sacramento, and the price TO the
pupil, and any dealer who shall fail to comply
with the conditions of such affidavit shall for
felt his right to any further purchase of said
books from the State. And it shall be the duty
of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
report to the State Controller, on or before the
9th day of every month, the number of books
sold by him during the preceding month, and
pay the moneys received for the same into the
State treasury. 1t shall also be the duty OF the
Superintendent of State Printing, on or before
the 9th day of every month, to report to the
State Controller the number and value of the
books shipped by him on the order of the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the
number and value of the finished books on
hand.
1t shall be the duty of the Boards of supervi-
sors of the counties, or cities and counties, in
this state, to provide revolving fund, for the
purpose of enabling the County School Superin-
tendents to purchase the State text books; all
moneys to be taken therefrom to be replaced by
the moneys received from the sale of said books
to the scholars of the public schools of his eoun
ty, either by himself, or by the teachers of the
public schools, or the Clerks of Boards OF Dis
trict Trustees.
All school books compiled by the State shall
be furnished to the public school children of the
State at the cost of printing publishing and dis
tributing the same, said cost to be ascertained
and fixed by the State Board of Education on or
before the 18th day of June of each school year.
and it is further enacted that the cost of distri
button shall be taken to be cost of postage re-
quired for mailing each book.
And this Act shall be in force from and after
its passage.
The price list has been fixed by the State
Board of Education as follows
First Reader at Sacramento, 10 cents; by
mail or purchased from bookseller, %
cents.
Second Reader at Sacramento, 30 cents;
by mail or purchased from bookseller, IS
cents.
Third Reader, at Sacramento, 40 cents;
by mail or purchased from bookseller, 50
cents.
Speiler, at Sacramento, 20 cents; by mail
or purchased from bookseller, 26 cents.
The above prices were fixed by the
former State Board of Education and it
will be seen that set of the Readers sent
by mail to any part of the State costs the
consumer 81 10, while set of the Readers
now in use costs from 81 80 10 IS 05. Su-
perintendent Hoitt thinks that the Board
at its next meeting will make the price of
the Second Reader to the pupil 40 cents, in
stead of IS cents, and of the Third Reader
80 cents, instead of 81 cents thus making
the cost of set the same as now, but the
price of each book multiple of five, so
that change can be easily made by parents
and pupils purchasing
The dealers will make the difference be-
tween the cost of freight and postage, and
the consumer who buys his books of the
dealer will save a two-cent stamp required
to send his order to Sacramento and the
cost of postal note or money order. If
the people of any district prefer to send,
through their Clerk, direct to the State
Superintendent for their books, instead of
purchasing of their local dealers, they have
that privilege. 1t would seem that not
only will the people be protected, but
accommodated by the plan Of distribution
adopted.